Nail (anatomy)

A nail is a protective plate characteristically found at the tip of the digits of almost all primates, corresponding to the claws in other tetrapod animals. Fingernails and toenails are made of a tough rigid protein called alpha-keratin, a polymer also found in the claws, hooves, and horns of vertebrates.

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